From 29 June onwards, Switzerland’s glaciers will have exhausted their snow reserves. Every litre of meltwater now causes them to lose mass – this is Glacier Loss Day. Between the years of 2003 and 2022, 200 square kilometres of ice have disappeared. This is reflected in the volume of meltwater, as analyses by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) show: although ice loss was more severe in the summer of 2022 than in 2003, less water flowed off the glaciers.
A new AI model could predict interactions between proteins and molecules much more efficiently than before. This was made possible by a collaboration between the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) and the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering.
The integration of biological organisms into synthetic structures offers a radical new pathway for developing intelligent, self-powered materials. Researchers have pioneered an innovative approach to bio-manufacturing by using light-based 3D printing to engineer living material systems capable of localized environmental processing.